Solution: RC1011 Advanced Celebrity Stalking
Answer: DANIEL DEFOE
This puzzle looks like a regular crossword, but the first weird thing solvers may notice about it is that some clues appear to have had a word removed and replaced by "PIC". These are actually links, each of which shows the picture of a celebrity with a last name that is a common English word. Replacing the picture in each clue with this last name yields 11 solvable clues:
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 16A. Car manufactured by FORD from 1959 to 1970 | FALCON |
| 20A. Opposite of WEST | EAST |
| 32A. How a LEGEND might be passed down | ORALLY |
| 36A. Slightly larger than GRANDE | VENTI |
| 42A. Game where "no TRUMP" might be declared | BRIDGE |
| 60A. WOODS | FOREST |
| 4D. Move in a SWIFT manner | DART |
| 7D. What a PHOENIX might rise from | ASHES |
| 45D. CRUISE ____ (setting in some cars) | CONTROL |
| 51D. Adult GOSLING | GOOSE |
| 55D. Imperial unit equal to approximately 0.07143 STONE | POUND |
However, when trying to fit these entries into the crossword, some entries won't fit in the grid; specifically, each of the celebrity clues from above will be one letter too long for its corresponding slot in the grid. As hinted by the flavor text ("stars", "break the mold"), we can "break" the grid border and write a letter from each of these entries outside the boundaries of the grid. This is backed up by the crossing clues around each of these entries, and gives us the following solution to the crossword:
Reading the extra letters around the edge of the grid in clockwise order, starting from the upper-left hand corner, spells out the final answer, DANIEL DEFOE.